CCRC Refers Sentence of Amin Kaveh to Court of Appeal

Mr Kaveh was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court in 2016 of one count of conspiracy to supply the class B drug mephedrone and three counts of supplying mephedrone. He was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for the conspiracy offence. For the supply offences he was sentenced to a total of one year’s imprisonment, to be served concurrently.

Mr Kaveh tried in 2017 to appeal against his conspiracy sentence but was unsuccessful; he applied to the CCRC in August 2018.

Having reviewed the case in detail, the CCRC has decided to refer Mr Kaveh’s sentence for conspiracy to supply to the Court of Appeal. The referral is made on the basis of new evidence of material non-disclosure that the Commission believes gives rise to a real possibility the Court of Appeal would find the sentence to be manifestly excessive.

Mr Kaveh was not represented in his application to the CCRC.